Murphy's Graduation

I've just received Murphy's graduation photo. Isn't she cute!

Best in Class

Today was Murphy's "exam" after 8 weeks of training.  She did really well considering that just the week before, she was ignoring me totally in class.

She managed a 188 points out of a maximum of 200.  She's in the top 3, after a poodle and a schnauzer (who both managed a 189) and both these dogs were wearing a pinch collar.  

In my books, Murphy is Best in Class and Top Dog of the Day! 

Obedience Training

Today was the 7th lesson of Murphy's obedience training class. She's doing pretty well. There was a sit/stay and down/stay command that Murphy demonstrated that she is either very lazy or she's really very obedient. The rest of the dogs were fidgeting and breaking their stay command after a few minutes but Murphy stayed in position throughout. Needless to say I was bursting with pride.

Her heel work though needs a little more work. She's not walking/heeling as closely to me as she should. I take it that she's a little too tired as she's normally more responsive.

That's okay, it just means that we'll have to work a little harder this week doing her homework. I'm sure she'll be acing the class by exam time.